Marchant could rejoin team next week

Ducks center Todd Marchant sat in the corner of the team's locker room at the Anaheim Ice facility on Friday, wearing a light blue dress shirt and slacks.

He was eating a Subway sandwich while waiting for his teammates to shower and get dressed for their afternoon flight to Denver.

Sidelined since Jan. 9 with a broken left pinky, he didn't have much else to do.

By this time next week, perhaps sooner, Marchant could be back to shooting pucks, making passes, taking checks and helping the Ducks find that much-needed consistency on offense.

Marchant is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday. He is expected to have the pin in his finger removed during that visit.

“I'm anticipating to be practicing with the team on Monday,” Marchant said.

One thing working in Marchant's favor is the location of his injury. Since his legs aren't involved, he has been able to skate regularly and stay in shape. The only thing he hasn't been able to do is bend the pinky.

“I'm able, pretty much, to do whatever I can right now,” he said. “I'm able to skate every day and that's 90 percent of the battle right now.”

Ducks coach Randy Carlyle added that Marchant's return will be determined by the veteran player's tolerance for pain.

“He'll play when the pain's not unbearable,” Carlyle said. “If it's intolerable he won't play but if he can bear through the pain he'll play.”

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